One of these included not allowing students to leave the classroom if they said they pretended to be sick they would be given a bucket.

"We have one of those here," Piers said as he reached below the desk and pulled out a metal container. "When Susanna gets sick and tired of me, we just pull out the bucket and she regularly vomits into the bucket and we just carry on with the show.

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Piers Morgan hit out at a parent complaining about the new strict rules at his daughter's school (Image: ITV)

Parent Kevin Seal appeared on GMB to complain about the situation (Image: ITV) Headteacher Barry Smith was previously a deputy principal at Michaela Community School in Wembley Park, London, which became renowned for its strictness.

When Kevin appeared on GMB today and complained that the headteacher was blaming the children and parents rather than the teachers.

But Piers was having none of it and raged: "What he's trying to do is take a collective mindset away from sloppy, lazy, under performing, worst in the country and drag everybody to a new mindset of discipline, hard work, attention, focus and -hopefully - better results. I don't see a problem.

Piers said that if he were a parent at the school he would be applauding him (Image: ITV)

"If I was a parent, I'd be applauding this guy!"

Fellow head teacher Alison Colwell agreed and said: "I applaud what he does."

At the end of the segment, it was revealed that 86 per cent of GMB viewers agreed that schools needed to be stricter.

After parent Kevin said that kids from year 7 were coming home from school crying, Piers quipped: "I'd just say man up, woman up and, whatever, gender neutral up all of you, right? Get on with it! Get to school, put a hard shift it, get good results, get a good job - this is not rocket science, kids. Honestly, it's not."